A critical difference between vehicles with internal combustion engines vs electric motors is much lower complexity and lower cost to build EVs Hybrid car makers saying 'we're gonna stick with more complex design and costly supply chain to build ICE' @fssau.futuresmart.com.au

I hate the way this happens all the time, every year, for like decades and decades Always happens - I climb out the window of my car while a van floats past If I had a dollar for every time this happened to me, then watch out all those rich dudes #climatechange 🧪 Flood in Culiacán, Mexico

Villa Pliniana Lake Como, Italy built by a natural spring in 1573 Torrential rains have swollen nearby streams, causing significant flooding, the spring now a waterfall The Villa has flooded from time to time in the lower level, but no records of water reaching 2nd story, first time in 452 years

Australian PM Albanese speech to UN aligned with Labor's priorities (climate leadership, Ukraine + ME peace, UN engagement), stressed clean energy and cooperation, tied to needs of 'our Pacific family' and Asia, conflicting with Trump, but reinforcing Aus US ties? www.youtube.com/live/BvPU559...

There is now extreme divergence from a science-denying crackpot-in-chief of the USA and the values that represents the RoW Risks fracturing alliances and global progress We need stronger critiques of USA' crackpot-in-chief while growing independent multilateral ties bsky.app/profile/prof...

Progressive Green Solutions signs agreement with Thyssenkrupp for 100% off-take from Aus first large-scale green iron project in Geraldton in Western Australia WA's renewable energy resources will power PGS' green hydrogen-based industrial ecosystem www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

If US becomes new Hitler and the world including China unites to fight fascists, will our #AUKUS submarines work? Asking for a friend 21stC all about mobility, and flexibility - and not being fascists Here's a $20bn budget made in Australia to defend Australia bsky.app/profile/prof...

Not quite #caturday My first electric CAT 🐈 TransPerth bus, #perth, Western Australia Looks like a bus Feels like a bus The wheels on the bus go round and round, all the way to town Just no diesel rattle and noise Nor any diesel emissions The future is electric

Each 1°C warming shifts mid-latitude climate belts >150km away from equator, toward poles Closer to the poles means bigger shift In WA, 2°C Margaret River and Karri Forest moves 300 km south Oh, most wild species of plants, animals, other biota, live in 2°C temp range bsky.app/profile/prof...

Australia’s first large scale solar-battery hybrid power plant at Cunderdin in Western Australia shines Even at midnight bsky.app/profile/prof...

The fastest energy transformation in human history @fssau.futuresmart.com.au expanded graph for pace of adoption of electricity generation by source from >100TWh annual generation threshold point

The next 5 years looks like this - here's my @fssau.futuresmart.com.au projections for wind and solar and batteries to 2030 bsky.app/profile/prof... More below

In swap from fossil fuels to PV/ EVs/ clean tech, global total materials demand falls! 🤯 bsky.app/profile/prof...

21st century all about? Mobility Drones AI And the end of fireworks Record-breaking drone show in Chongqing, China features 11,787 drones youtu.be/ByBd56w62qY?...

In Australia, value of a statistical life (VSL) in 2024 set at: AU$5.7m, or $245k per year* Surely the value of each of 1700 endangered species ought be at least the same as one human? $9.69B *Office of Impact Analysis, DPMC (Apparently Aussies worth much less than Yanks: one human life US$13.6m

There are so many aspects about this astoundingly fast energy transition that peeps fail to grasp It's coming fast - seriously fast It's cheaper - less money required It's faster - less time to build, available sooner It's cleaner - less mining, less emissions It's coming now More in thread

Road safety ought be about peeps, not cars Especially peeps not in cars It's almost entirely people driving cars that kill people not in cars bsky.app/profile/prof... #urbanism+ Queensland government considering reviving trial of left turn at red light rule www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

The Yanco battery project is supported by the local community, is grounded in evidence, offers benefits for grid stability and the energy transition, and is in line with departmental advice that reflects the best available evidence and serves the public interest

If you're struck by a car at speeds of > 50 km/h, you will likely be killed At speeds < 30km/h, you are very unlikely to be killed, though you still may be seriously injured What should speed limits be in urban areas? And on open roads, how careful should you be? youtube.com/shorts/vczMO...

Car bloat vehicles increases road deaths, especially vulnerable road users (pedestrian deaths up 27.3% in Australian 12 months to Jul 2025) More dead people not conducive to productivity🤯 (reduces workforce participation and economic output🤔)

PGS selects thyssenkrupp nucera as preferred supplier for 1.4 GW electrolyzer for flagship green iron project in near Geraldton, in the mid-west of Western Australia www.thyssenkrupp-nucera.com/pgs-selects-... @thyssenkrupp.com More: green iron powered by renewables pgsjv.com.au/projects/#gr...

Yeah, nah (Translated from Australian, means 'I don't think so') Projections of my @fssau.futuresmart.com.au global energy model from 2018, and from 2025 bsky.app/profile/prof... Follow the data and accept the evidence of the inexorable growth of renewables - and batteries

Presenting at the Western Australia Internal Audit Conference on 11 Sep 2025 on: "First wave: the (clean) tech tsunami crashing on our shores" Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/raywil...

Storage is Coming Spring has sprung, the batteries riz No wondering where the electrons iz They say electrons are on the move, but that’s absurd - For it’s current that flows, not electrons interred. The flow’s in the wire, not in the bird Inspired by an old poem, and many Spike Milligan recitals

Consider the banana Most fossil-fuel energy consumption wasted by inefficiencies in conversion to work ~2/3 fossil fuel burning for energy wasted as heat Like throwing away the banana skin and also not eating half the banana Compare graphs: primary energy use vs electricity generation by source

Little penguin population on Penguin Island near Perth almost wiped out 32% penguins killed by watercraft Y'know, dead dead Here's an idea🤔 It's a marine reserve: exclude motor boat entry >1km Soz, I know Western Australia only has tiny coastline🙄 Oh, & police it www.perthnow.com.au/news/little-...

China's production of electric vehicles, domestic sales, and exports of new energy vehicles (BEVs plus hybrids) continues to grow strongly China BEVs fleet will displace 266M oil per day (1.67MBPD) in 2025 With China, many things can be true at once www.linkedin.com/posts/raywil...

It's really cold, right? Well, it is winter time in Australia Watch out for trolls saying "what climate change?" Well, here's what that looks like See the big blue dot showing our cold day Also, see the blue dots trending up? Even the cold parts are warming Even in winter

Africa needs clean energy, too Trolls say Africa can't afford clean energy >>> The trolls are wrong <<< Africa can afford clean energy Also, Africa can't afford not to have clean energy bsky.app/profile/prof... 🧵

Driver assist technology saves lives. So why do so many people turn it off? I've a different headline: Driver assist technology saves lives, so why do we allow people to turn it off? Ought it not be mandated? And peeps fined or lose their car if mods are applied to turn it off

What's the world's most undervalued commodity right now? The Earth Let's preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known youtu.be/wupToqz1e2g?... NASA's Voyager 1, 14 February 1990, 6B km from the Sun Prof Carl Sagan @carlsagandotcom.bsky.social Friday's timeline cleanser

On a similar theme, many outlooks on EV adoption have been too bearish, others too bullish 🤔 Is it better to underestimate by a lot, saying it won't happen? Or overestimate knowing what's possible, and highlighting govts/business/lobbyists acted to put brakes on? about.bnef.com/insights/cle...

Yeah, nah Comparing renewables progress to pre-renewables, fossil-baseline of 40 or 140 years ago is as useful as saying the Internet in 1985 had no users What matters is pace and scale of renewables adoption today unprecedented as we harness solar, wind, batteries invest, build, and electrify

Almost 15ya, I outlined these things for Australia responding to climate change, building a renewable energy industry, and reducing costs for households and businesses #Roundtable @jimchalmers.bsky.social @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social If 6 minutes TLDR, watch 1 min summation: youtu.be/6L9q5CWMJUI?...

The saddest, most prophetic toon about climate change ever Toon and Prophesy: Australian national treasure, ‪Jon Kudelka @kudelka.bsky.social‬ Cartooning for Science🧪 #climatechange Perhaps you could share your most prophetic toon below

Battery storage in south-west Western Australia record On 16Aug25 6.30PM, 885MW/ 3,367MWh utility batteries share 17.7% WA's grid load Oh, and a certain Cunderdin solar farm added 1.1% from batteries So a total of 18.8% from batteries for WA's WEM 22Aug25 6.30PM batteries sent (16.1 + 1.6) 17.7%

In the old days, when twitter was a different place, the bird used to publish neat little snippets on stuff to do with the world, like this non-English language map of London Hey @bsky.app - maybe a possible nice update from the blue team?

All of humanity in line for 2025 Darwin Awards If only we knew what was happening decades ago so we might have acted in time Stupid humans

While Carl Sagan fiercely defended free inquiry and debate when grounded in evidence, Sagan was explicit in his support for not giving platforms to the demonstrably false Sagan declined to “debate” astrologers or creationists arguing this gave unwarranted legitimacy to non-evidence-based positions

Many things can be true at once 1. China has high level of risk from climate change 2. not polluting your air is good as all particulates do damage, have a health cost 3. renewables a tangible, affordable solution - and a great business opportunity for China www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

For solar, recycling may outperform reuse? A 2025 solar module can deliver ~3x capacity of 15yo panel Old 150W panel’s silicon can make a new 400W panel Recycling old panels now yields economic and environmental benefits, leveraging higher-value materials like silver used inefficiently in the past

Look at slowed growth in EV sales in Europe🤯 The fossil fuel + legacy auto lobbies actively pushed back on policies to accelerate EV adoption in Europe holding up regulations, delaying mandates And SHOUTING a lot🤔 Resistance reported by many: NGOs, journos, and industry www.iea.org/reports/glob...

Australia NEM & West Australia WEM electricity grids NEM: Brown coal falling from 2013 Black coal & gas both down from 2018 Wind, solar, renewables up Total gen ±stable WA too WEM: Coal & gas both down from 2018 Wind, solar, renewables up Gen growing bsky.app/profile/prof... #electrifyag25

Transitioning our Communities with Renewable Energy Developers, project owners, supply chain providers all ought give back And the role of communities in welcoming opportunities Suggestion: communities can proactively create cooperatives receptive to benefits for their community #electrifyag25

If it's really about revenue for roads (it won't be) then logically put road user charge on all vehicles by weight x mileage now Apply RUC to all cars, not just some Keep fuel excise as a pollution tax Existing car fleet will be on road for some time yet (And don't copy NZ) bsky.app/profile/prof...

If you old enough, you've seen these If you've not seen these, you're now old enough It is time to move on Thanks @ecotricity.bsky.social Coal towers exiting, wind on the rise (More in the reply)

Build your city for cars, you get congestion Build your city for transit, you get peeps, mobility, liveability, commerce Great #cities have great public #transport Great govts & great politicians build it* As always, invest in peeps, not things www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... *Have you met any?

Coastal erosion forces demolition of popular Lancelin lookout in WA Alternative headline not as sexy, just accurate: Sea level rise from climate change increasing erosion risk everywhere - especially buildings and structures along West Australia's sandy coastlines www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Australian vehicle sales July 2025 Aug 2025 VFACTs figures BEV 7.2% PHEV + BEV 11.2% Hybrid 21.7% "Green" vehicles = 32.9% Australian sales ICE only drive train share 67.1% Chinese vehicle sales 20% share of sales Jul 2025

The climate crisis demands urgent, multifaceted response beyond market forces The threat to humanity - oh, and the planet's biota (of which the economy is just a subset) A "moonshot" of change is the scale of action required While meritorious, the PC report lacks urgency